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Are voting machines switching Democratic votes to Republican ones?

X · @DaizyZeeX 22.9K likes; @climatepaige vote-flip post 53K likes; @Suzierizzo1 8K likes (per X syndication 23 Oct). Snopes (False) and Lead Stories both covered the multi-state wave on 22 Oct.

Misleading

The post is misleading. While local voters in Tennessee and some other places reported touchscreen mis-selections during early voting, reputable reporting and fact-checkers find no evidence that voting machines are automatically changing Democratic votes to Republican ones; officials attribute the problems to user error, calibration, or device setup and emphasize voter-verified paper ballots and checks.

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